How to solve (- 1 1/4) / (3/8)

1. Factor the equation (x + 2)(x + 3) = 0. 2. Set each factor equal to zero: x + 2 = 0 and x + 3 = 0. 3. Solve for x: x = -2 and x = -3.

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$$-1\frac{1}{4}\div\frac{3}{8}$$

$-\frac{10}{3}\approx -3.333333333$

Multiply $1$ and $4$ to get $4$.

$$\frac{-\frac{4+1}{4}}{\frac{3}{8}}$$

Add $4$ and $1$ to get $5$.

$$\frac{-\frac{5}{4}}{\frac{3}{8}}$$

Divide $-\frac{5}{4}$ by $\frac{3}{8}$ by multiplying $-\frac{5}{4}$ by the reciprocal of $\frac{3}{8}$.

$$-\frac{5}{4}\times \frac{8}{3}$$

Multiply $-\frac{5}{4}$ times $\frac{8}{3}$ by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-5\times 8}{4\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction $\frac{-5\times 8}{4\times 3}$.

$$\frac{-40}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction $\frac{-40}{12}$ to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out $4$.

$$-\frac{10}{3}$$

$-\frac{10}{3} = -3\frac{1}{3} = -3.3333333333333335$